"The battle is joined."

50 years before, when battle was being waged with the Malibar, a starship with it's Barwin crew were forced to run away from their home world to survive. Now, their ship repaired and improved, the children of the original crew were ready to return and win back their planet. Only one old original crewman survives, everyone else has grown up together on the ship as family. So, despite having a crew structure with a Captain and other titles, discipline is much more relaxed, each doing what he or she thinks best. And never having been in action before and not knowing what to expect, they enter into a new battle.

This book has an intriguing premise but this first book is mostly setting the baseline for future volumes. As such, it could have been more concentrated on character building and the background story than it was. Initially, i personally found it bard to be drawn in, partially at least, because the delivery by Ryan Kennard Burke was a little breathless and his lack of integral speed variation made absorbing what was said difficult. However, he had a good range of character voices to later ease the way.

Having now set the story, hopefully the crew seeking to return home to Septimus will provide some good future space adventures in future books in this series.
My thanks to Aethon Audio, who, at my request, freely gifted me with a complimentary copy of Starship Lost.

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